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6744. Honey locust.—A trunk section of Gleditsia triacanthos L. Native of the 
southeastern United States and cultivated as a shade tree. From Grosseta, 
Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
6745. Logwood (See No. 1282). Acquired by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
6746. Zapatero.—A block of the wood of a species of Peltogyne. Native of 
tropical America. From Venezuela. 
6747. Malghan. Buswanpoa.—A block of the wood of Bauhinia Vahlit W. & A. 
Native of the East Indies. From British India. 
6748. The stem of an undetermined species of Bauhinia. Acquired by H. H. 
Rusby in Venezuela, in 1896. 
6749. Kachnal.—A block of the wood of B. racemosa Lam. Native of the East 
Indies. From British India. 
6750-6752. Tropical American locust.—Three trunk sections of the wood of 
Hymenaea Courbaril L. Native of tropical America. Collected by H. H. 
Rusby in Venezuela, lower Orinoco, in April, 1896. 
6753-6754. Alcornoque.—A block of the wood of H. floribunda H. B. K. Native 
of tropical America. From Venezuela. 
6755. 
THE MIMOSA FAMILY (Mimosaceae) 
6756. Mimosa wood.—A trunk section of Mimosa bahamensis Benth. Native 
of the Bahama Islands. Acquired by G. V. Nash in Inagua, in 1904. 
6757. Horse-flesh mahogany.—A trunk section of Lysiloma Sabicu Benth. Same 
home and collecting as preceding. 
6758. Wild tamarind.—A trunk section of L. bahamensis Benth. Same home and 
source as preceding. 
6759. Siris—A block of the wood of Albizzia Lebbeck (L.) Benth. Native of 
tropical regions. From British India. 
6760. Siris—A block of the wood of 4. odoratissima Benth. Same home and. 
source as the preceding. 
6761. Knoar. Balatti—A block of the wood of 4. procera Benth. Native off 
the East Indies. From British India. 
6762. Tamba.—A block of the wood of Xylia dolabriformis Benth. Native of 
the Malay region. From British India. 
6763. Rosa montana.—A trunk section of Brownea coccinea Jacq. Native of 
tropical America. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Sacupana, lower Orinoco, 
Venezuela, April, 1896. 
6764. Elongated sections of the preceding species. Same source as preceding. 
6765-6767. Four sticks of the same wood for use in cane-making. Same source. 
6768. Rosa montana.—Trunk section of a species of Brownea. No data. 
THE PEA FAMILY (Fabaceae) 
6769. Teba.—A block of the wood of a species of Machaerium. Native of tropical 
America. From Venezuela. 
6770. Lead-tree.—Trunk section of Leucaena glauca (L.) Benth. Native of tropical 
America. Collected by J. A. Shafer in Montserrat, February, 1907. 
6771. Padou.—A block of the wood of Pterocarpus indicus Willd. Native of the 
East Indies. From British India. 
